Appliance for covering balls



Feb. 27, 1923.

l."DE GOWIN APPLIANCE FOR COVERING BALLS Filed Feb.

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Invenior Isaac 13e- (Zowin,

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Patented Feb. 27, 1923.

ISAAC :o'n aowm, or rnnw' ir'ravnn,connect ons); assiencn To" "rnnsniiivtnnss a MASSACHUSE'IITS.

arr'mancnro'n COVERING- aths;

Applidati-onfi-led'February 26,1920. seri l to; 361,463.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that 1, Isaac DE Gowin, a

citizen. of the United States, .and residentof New Haven, in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement inAppliances for Covering Balls, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likecharacters on the drawings representinglike parts. 7

This invention relates to an appliance for facilitating the applicationof cover sec tion to balls such, for example, as the two dumb-bellshaped sections of felt which are commonly used for covering a tennisball center. I a

My invention will best be understood by reference to the followingdescription of an illustrative embodiment thereof as shown in theaccompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a plan view; and Fig. 2 is a. side elevation.

In the form of my invention shown by Y way of example the appliance mayembody a suitable base 3 conveniently of hard wood provided at its upperface with a recess 5.

adapted to receive one of the cover sections of the ball and thusforming a. templet therefor. Conveniently this recess may be providedfor by attaching to the base a thin metal plate 7 having a hole outtherethrough of the size and shape ofthe cover section. v

Suitable means are provided for positioning and centering the ballcenter with respect to the cover sections and I have herein shown fourposts 9 having ofiset base portions 11 secured to the base member 3, theinner ends of the posts being adapted to contact with the ball center atdiametrically opposed points, the diameters, as shown in Fig. 1, makingangles of 45 with the longitudinal axes of the cover sections as p0sitioned by the templet 7 and the corre-- sponding templet for the othersection hereafter to be referred to.

A suitable templet is provided for. the

I is movable and I have herein shown" an upright 13 secured to the base3 to which is hinged a thin metal-plate'l5 having an open I vtriznnrtcomma, 'ii'voj or NEW HAvnn ooNnnc'rro 'r; a 'oonroitarron or" ing 17.,ofthe -siz'e and shape of the cover T section, the longitudinal axis of:the open- 111g '11 being; perpendicular to the-longitu dinal axis of'the openingh and the centers aligning, as 'shown in Fig; .2," when theplate '15 is" closed down. are provided for'upositioningxthefoldable e0Suitable means plate '15 and lvhaveiherein ."show-n posts 19 secured inthesbas'e Band adapted .L-tQ'QSupport the plate 15 in horizontalposition sub. stantially tangent-to the ball center positioned by theposts9, as shown in Fig. 2, .i

but permitting the plate to be folded upwar dly from th'e'position ofFig. 2 when it is desired to insert or withdraw theball center. In theclosed down position of plate 15 the centers of the openings 5 and 17are i aligned. I p I n the use of the device the plate 15 is folded backand. cover sectioninserted 1n the recess 5. The ball center is thencover section inserted, This second section dropped in posit-ion betweenthe post-s 9 H is properlycentered with relation vto the ball center andadjustedin proper position relative to the first section. If desir d, nendsof the sections may be folded somewhat around the ball center beforethe parts are removed from the appliance, the posi tioning of the ball,center by the diamet rical posts permitting this.

opening 17 permits the ends ofthe second The through f" cover section tobe folded, downwardly .I about the ball without lifting the plate 15., IEither the cover sections or the ,ball' center being coated withsuitablecement they aa-fl here together and the whole inay bewithdrawnupwardly from between the posts '9 and thereafter the sections maybe-smoothedout around the ball center by n known or I a suitable means.r Y

Having thus describedthe particular embodiment of my invention shown byway of 1 illustration in the accompanying drawings and desire to securewhat I claim as new by Letters-Patent is: a i 1. Anappliance foradjustingco-versections on balls comprising a templet for re ceiving onesection, means for positioning) theball'center relative thereto" and amov-' able teinplet for positioning the second sec- 1 tion.

2. An appliance for adjusting cover sections on balls comprising a basehaving a recess to receive one section, posts on the base for,positioning the ball center over the section and a cover foldable overthe ball center having an opening to pass and position another section.

3. An appliance for adjusting cover sec- I tions on balls comprisingopposed templets tions on balls comprising a templet to receive onesection means for centering a ball center thereon, a second movabletemplet for receiving the second section and means for positioning it tohold the section in traversing position to the first.

5. An appliance for the purpose set forth comprising means forpositioning simultaneously a plurality of individual cover sections andmeans for centering the ball center u relatively thereto.

6. An appliance for the purpose set forth comprising means forpositioning simultaneously a plurality of individual cover sections andmeans for centering the ball ,center relatively thereto, SELlCl' meanspermitting the withdrawal therefrom oi the center with the sectionsadhering to it.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ISAAC DE, eovvnv.

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,446,885, grantedFebruary 27 1923, upon the application of Isaac De Gowin, of New Haven,Connecticut, for an improvement in Appliances for Covering Balls, anerror appears in the printed specification requiring correction asfollows: Page 2, line 18, claim 3, for the Word holding read folding;and that the said Letters Patent should be read With this giifirectiontherein that the same may conform to the record of the case in thePatent Signed and sealed this 1st day of May, A. D. 1923.

[SEAL.] KARL FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Pal/ems.

